Pro Kabaddi League Highlights, Puneri Paltan 46-28 Patna Pirates: Pankaj, Aslam, Chiyaneh shine in offence as Nadarajan’s high-five helps Puneri win big against Patna

Pankaj Mohit goes in the last raid of the match and comes back safely to end the match for Puneri with a big win. Puneri Paltan consolidates its lead in the points table after hammering Patna Pirates 46-28!

Gaurav Khatri tackles Kunal Mehta to reduce Patna with one man on the mat. The decision has been changed and given in favour of Patna after some discussion. Aslam goes for a review but the verdict remains the same. 

Pankaj Mohite gets the touchpoint of Manish. 

Second point in defence for Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, who tackles Sandeep Kumar. 

Krishan makes a poor choice of going for an advanced tackle on Mohit Goyat, who came in the do-or-die raid. Another point for Puneri. 

Sandeep Kumar was quick to come off from the double thigh hold of Chiyaneh in the do-or-die raid. 

Finally, something to cheer for Patna as the three-man defence SUPER TACKLED Pankaj Mohite, who came in the do-or-die raid. Sachin gets two tackle points. 

Puneri skipper Aslam Inamdar doing his defensive duties as he tackles Manjeet. 

Sachin gets a touch on Chiyaneh in the do-or-die raid. 

Pankaj Mohite goes in the do-or-die raid. He first gets a kick on Ankit and escapes from a dash of Neeraj, who went for a late attempt. 

Abinesh Nadarajan gets his fifth point in defence as he tackles Sandeep Kumar. 

Aslam escapes the lousy dash from Manish. 

A bonus for Sandeep Kumar. 

A bonus for Sudhakar but it is the showman Mohammadreza Chiyaneh, who tackles the local boy as PUNERI GETS THIRD ALL-OUT ON PATNA!

Mohammadreza Chiyaneh touches Manish after another pursuit. 

A quick bonus for Sudhakar. 

Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Shadloui tries for pursuit and gets three points in the raid! SUPER RAID from the Iranian showman! He gets a touch on Sudhakar first and then goes past Neeraj and Krishan’s chain with a dubki. Patna reviews but the verdict remains the same just Ankit was the one who has to go out instead of Sudhakar. 

Abhinesh Nadarajan throws his body on Manjeet to usher him off the playing area for a point. A bonus for Manjeet. 

Gaurav Khatri dashes Sachin out. 

Krishan Dhull tackles Pankaj Mohite. 

Mohit Goyat finally concedes a point as Sachin goes back with his touch in his raid. 

A bonus for Aslam Inamdar. 

Mohit Goyat is now doing his defensive duties to tackle Sudhakar to help PUNERI INFLICT SECOND ALL-OUT ON PATNA

Mohit Goyat gets an easy-running hand touch on Krishan Dhull. 

A quick bonus for Sudhakar.

A desperate dash attempt from Manish results against his favour as Mohit Goyat gets back with another point, reducing Patna to two-man on the mat. 

Sachin has been tackled once against. Abhinesh Nadarajan is the man again. 

A bonus for Sachin at the stroke of halftime to reduce Puneri’s lead to seven points. 

Aslam Inamdar goes into the do-or-die raid in front of the three-man defence of Patna. Manish and Sachin came from the other half to dash Puneri’s captain for two points via SUPER TACKLE.

Abhinesh Nadarajan pulls off a single-handed tackle on Manjeet! 

Pankat Mohite goes into the do-or-die raid and he gets not one but two points from Neeraj Kumar and Ankit. 

Abinesh Nadarajan initiates the tackle on Sudhakar, who for once seemed a backway door to make it into his own half but was later dashed out. 

Sudhakar jumps over Chiyaneh to come back with a raid point. 

Mohit Goyat goes into the raid and comes back with a touchpoint of Ankit. 

Captain Aslam Inamdar goes in the raid and attempts a dive for a touch but goes into the lobby while doing so. 

Mohammadreza Chiyaneh attempts an anklehold on Sachin but misses it, however, Abhinesh Nadarajan and Sanket Sawant came to dash the do-or-die specialist from Patna. A bonus for Sachin, though. 

Mohit Goyat dives onto Neeraj Kumar for a point in the raid. 

Manjeet throws a kick on left corner Mohammedreza Chiyaneh Shadloui to get a crucial point in the raid. 

A bonus for Aslam Inamdar in the raid. 

A bonus for the last man in, Sachin, but he has been tackled by the Puneri’s defence to inflict the first all-out of Patna Pirates.

Pankaj Mohite goes in the raid and it looks like he has been tackled by he somehow managed to sneak through the defence to get FIVE RAID POINTS! He gets Krishan, Manish, Neeraj Kumar, Sudhakar M and Manjeet all in just one raid! 

Manjeet goes in the do-or-die raid for Puneri. He gets two crucial touchpoints of Aslam Mustafa Inamdar and Mohammadreza Chiyaneh. 

Sachin has tackled Mohit Goyat, who came in the do-or-die raid. It will be two points for the SUPER TACKLE. 

Sachin goes in the raid and has been awarded a bonus. The decision quickly was taken back as it would be an empty raid. 

Sandeep Kumar has been subbed in. He goes in the raid and comes back with a touchpoint of Gaurav Khatri and a bonus to get two points in this raid. 

Mohit Goyat gets the touchpoint of Ankit to reduce Patna to two men on the mat. 

Local boy Sudhakar M goes in the raid but he has been pinned down and it is Sanket Sawant, who gets the tackle point. 

Mohit Goyat gets a running hand touch on Krishan Dhull. 

Manjeet has been tackled by the Paltan’s defence. Gaurav Khatri gets the point. 

Krishan Dhull and Sudharkar came with a strong chain tackle to block and pin Pankaj Mohite down. 

Mohit Goyat comes from left corner to block Sachin and then dash him out. 

Aslam Mustafa Inamdar gets back with a quick touchpoint of Manish. 

Patna Pirates won the toss and elected court. Puneri to raid first. 

Puneri Paltan

With 45 raid points in 6 matches, Mohit Goyat leads the raiding department of Puneri Paltan. He scored 7 raid points in his last match. 

Puneri Paltan’s defence will be led by Abinesh Nadarajan who has pocketed 17 tackle points in 6 games of PKL 10. 

Aslam Inamdar is the squad’s top all-rounder, having accumulated 46 points so far. 

Patna Pirates

For Patna Pirates, Sachin Tanwar will be the main raider. He has accumulated 57 raid points in 6 matches, including 12 do-or-die raid points. 

Krishan is the top defender on the team, claiming 19 tackle points in 6 matches. 

Ankit Jaglan is the top all-rounder in the Patna Pirates squad, scoring 15 points in 6 outings.

Puneri Paltan: Aslam Inamdar, Abhinesh Nadarajan, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Mohit Goyat, Gaurav Khatri, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Shadloui

Patna Pirates: Neeraj Kumar (c), Sachin, Sudharkar M, Manish, Manjeet, Krishan, Ankit

The previous contest between Puneri and Patna ended in the favour of the Puneri as it won 44-30 in season 9.

Puneri heads into this encounter after a win against Bengaluru Bulls on December 20. It won the match 43-18. This was its fifth win of the PKL 10.

Patna won against Tamil Thalaivas in its last match by a 46-33 scoreline on December 22.

Puneri Paltan has faced Patna Pirates 19 times in the history of PKL.

With 13 wins against Puneri, Patna is ahead in the head-to-head record, whereas the Puneri has won 3 times while 3 matches ended in a tie.

PUNERI PALTAN: Abhinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Akash Shinde, Badal Singh, Aditya Shinde, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyanneh, Vahid Rezaeimehr, Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar, Ishwar, Hardeep

PATNA PIRATES: Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Manish, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Manjeet, Zheng-Wei Chen, Daniel Odhiambo, Rohit, Sajin Chandrasekar, Krishan, Ankit, Deepak Kumar, Mahendra Choudhary, Sandeep Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Sanjay

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